Practice Management

Coding, Billing, & Documentation for IP

Translates bronchoscopy, pleural, and navigation procedure coding into exam-ready tables with modifier guidance, facility vs professional splits, and documentation checklists.

CPT coding • Modifiers • DocumentationReading time · 32mWord count · 7,065

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Exam mapping & scope

Exam Mapping & Scope This chapter maps to the AABIP blueprint domain of practice management with a focus on professional and facility coding for bronchoscopy, therapeutic airway procedures, bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR), pleural procedures, and evaluation & management (E/M). It emphasizes the Multiple Endoscopy Rule (MER), add‑on codes, modifiers, documentation standards, and common payer edits relevant to interventional pulmonology (IP).

Focus this round

  • High-yield codes
  • Modifiers
  • Payer language

Orientation

Exam Mapping & Scope This chapter maps to the AABIP blueprint domain of practice management with a focus on professional and facility coding for bronchoscopy, therapeutic airway procedures, bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR), pleural procedures, and evaluation & management (E/M). It emphasizes the Multiple Endoscopy Rule (MER), add‑on codes, modifiers, documentation standards, and common payer edits relevant to interventional pulmonology (IP).

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